Chords
Pairlee

Key: E

Introduction:

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Pairlee was a bastard child
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Born in east Tennessee
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     Mama left her one day,
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     granddaddy took her away
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Grandpa just tended his mill
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And he planted the corn in the field
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     Pairlee works by his side,
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     they sing up to the sky
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Pairlee,    Pairlee
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     Died under an apple tree
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     One cold winter's night,
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     the frost took her life
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They'd walk through the woods at night
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Holding hands, he'd let her lead
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     Dreamt of days without corn,
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     prayed with hands that were worn
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There's something about them woods
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A child can never know
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     Where the old fallen leaves
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     go when they float down the stream
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Pairlee,    Pairlee
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     Died under an apple tree
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     One cold winter's night,
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     the frost took her life
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And grandpa, he loved Pairlee
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But his mind was getting so old
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     One night beneath that tree,
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     Pairlee fell deep asleep
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And grandpa just wandered around
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In the dark down by the creek
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     It was mid December
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     when her forgot her
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Pairlee,    Pairlee
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     Died under an apple tree
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     One cold winter's night,
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     the frost took her life
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Now pa just sits in his yard
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No corn to tend in his mill
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     'neath that tree he finds shade,
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     right where Pairlee had laid